SOUL REFUGE
A six-month immersive healing program for social justice advocates & service providers in the SF Bay Area. Each participant in the program will gain access to a care team comprised of a therapist, nutritionist, spiritual counselor, life coach and herbalist- all free of charge. Participants also receive a basic introduction to Earth-based and ancestral healing practices through monthly retreats. In addition to protecting against “burnout”, the program honors healing as a fundamental aspect of movements toward social transformation.
Welcome
“Soul refuge was a much needed source of light, love, healing, restoration and community for me during a time when I was experiencing burnout as an educator, organizer and scholar committed to social justice. While I was already organizing healing-centered spaces for other like-minded people locally & nationally, I hadn’t realized how desperately I needed my own space to receive. A space where I could replenish my energy and spirit without having to facilitate any aspect of it at all. Soul Refuge became just that- a space where I could experience restoration and learn new tools for healing and sustainability simply by showing up. The relational aspect of Soul Refuge allowed all of us to bare witness to one another’s pain and power. The ways we centered storytelling, ceremony and ancestral ritual, deepened our understandings of self, each other and spirit. During a time of complex grief in the world, spaces like Soul Refuge remind me of our higher calling to heal, not only for ourselves, but also for our ancestors, our communities and our future generations.”
- Farima Pour-KHORSHID, Ph.D.
Healing for Black Lives
To honor and sustain those advocating for Black Lives across the Bay Area, the Soul Refuge program is offering special herbal medicine care packages for free to frontline advocates, organizers, service providers and anyone else who is centering Black Lives at this critical moment!
*Priority will be given to Black identified individuals & Black-led organizations
Soul Refuge 2019 closing celebration
Photos By: DKA Photography
For more information about the program, you can view the flyer from our first cycle:
Regional Focus 2020
